IC 3767
IC 3767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3767 as it looked roughly 61 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4754Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3468Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).